New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1916, Page 1

HERALD BEST OF ALL B .LOCAL NEWSPAPERS NEW BRITAIN HERALD s HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS PRICE THREE CENTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1916 —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1876) PERRONNE THREATENED > Rains Prove Serious Hind- rance to Forward Sweep— German Losses Said to Be 60,000 — Teutons Report Heavy Fighting With No Important Gains. London, July 5, Entente allies powers and any great amount of territory been re- covered important strategic gains are claimed on the western, eastern and 12:30 p. m.—Pres- the without, sure of the £entral abatement, on continues while nowhere has Italian fronts. So far as the western front is concerned, the first phase of the Anglo-French offensive is believ- ed to be nearing the end. Both north apd south of the Somme the French “&nd British are engaged in organizing positions captured since Saturday. The French have taken all the Ger- man defensive positions south of the Somme, are now fighting in open country and cavalry, which has been so long idle, is being employed for patrol work. Barleux Next Objective. The next objective of the French in this region is the village of Barleux, which is the junction point of thre highways leading to the Somme south of Peronne. If this point is gained the French will be in position to at- tack the bridge heads opposite Per- onne, which the Germans are aftrengthening. North of the river the Anglo-French advance is =lower, as the Germans have massed hetween the river and Hebuterne the bulk of the twenty-six divisions which orisi- nally held this front and of the re- serves they have since brought np. After the ground gained has beea con- solidated, it is expected artillery prep- aration for a second big thrust will he made. av With the Italians. The Italians, after regaining terri- tory in the Trentino, are reverting to their original plan of campaign and are attacking along the lewer Isonzo, where they have gained some lesser successes. Russians Raid Hungary. Important news comes from Petro- grad. Russian advance guards on General Letchitzky's = extremeé left’ are engaged with Austrian rear guards on the spurs of the Carpathians, and unofficial reports say Cossacks have even been raiding Hungary. General Letchitzky’s right has open- ed a passage in the direction of the pitretch of railway connecting the rear of the entire Austrian front—Xolo- mea-Stanislau-Lemberg—while the occupation of Delatyn, for whizh the Russians are making, would sever the communications of General Von Bothmer’s army. Both Field Marshal Von Hinden- burg and Field Marshal Von Macken- sen are reported to have arrived at Kovel to direct operations designed to break the Russian arc in Volhynia. Baranovichi Victory Important. AS ALLIES MAKE GAINS |GERMANS AND RUSSIANS IN NAVAL ENGAGEMENT | Fog and Rain Hide * Amount of Damage Done in Baltic Sea Fight. Berlin, July 5.—Details of the en- gagement between! German torpedo boats and a Russian naval force in the Baltic on the night of June 29-30 were made public today in an official statement issued by the German ad- 1ty. The announcement says: ‘The German torpedo boats when 20 miles south of Haefringe sighted three hostile torpedo boat destroyers apparently of the Novik type. The Germans shelled them. The enemy immediately turne away and es- caped in a rain fower “One hour latér new smoke clouds were sighted in the east, and toward which the German torpedo boats im- mediately turned. Two hostile cruts- ers, apparently one of the Makarov and one of the Oleg type, and five hos- tile destroyers, were recognized. “The German torpedo boats at- tacked the enemy with torpedoes and | artillery. Several explosions on the enemy ships were noticed. ““At the beginning of the attack the jenemy shelled the German torpedo boats heavily with all calibred guns but after the explosion on the enem: ships, this fire decreased considerabl, A rising fog caused the adversaries to lose sight of each other. AIDING DEPENDENTS OF LOCAL SOLDIERS New Britain Physicians Have Begun Such Work—Committee to Aid Needy Find Emergency Case. New Britain physicians who recent- 1y took wofficial action in regard to aid- | ing the families of local soldiers now in the government service alang the Mexican border have early started the work. Families in different sections of the city needing medical aid have called upon the doctors and have met ready response. In such cases trea ment has been prescribed and pre- scriptions made out hav; been honored at local drug stores That the New Britain doctors meant what they said in regard to aiding the families of enlisted men is thus being practically demonstrated. The committee recently appointed by the mayor on authorization of the cemmon council to secure data for re- iief measures to the families of sol- diers has also been given an oppor- tunity to make good. A case of des- titution due ta the fact that the head cof the family is in the service of TUncle um was brought ta the atten- tion of the committee and E. F. Hall, The latest official dispatches contain claims by both sides to successes in this region. Press dispatches this morning emphasize the importance of the Russian victory near Baranovichi, where the latest stroke of Emperor Nicholas's forces have been delivered. Meanwhile the Balkans are attracting more attention than for some time. Military activities are being revived and the successes of the Entente allies are reported to have caused a rerewal of the propaganda of pro-Entente pol- iticians in both Greece and Rumania. Rains Prove Hindrance. Paris, July 5, 6:05 a. m.—The phe- nomenal rainstcvm which swept over the whole terwnin has impeded in a certain measure the Anglo-French of- fensive on the Somme. Neverthele: the French continued to push ahead south of the river, making useful gains between Flaucourt and Estrees, “Including the strongly fortified cillage of Belloy and the woods between As- sevillers and Barleux thus strengthen- Ing and straightening their line and bringing nearer the expected capturs of Peronne, which now is separated from the French advanced post at Flaucourt only by a narrow, bare plateau bordering the Somme above Bianche and reaching its highest point, 97 metres, at the hamlet of La Massonette. This is a logical move since, as a result of the progress of the past three days, the depot at Peronne of the railroad connecting Chaulnes, Roye and Cambrai is now under the fire of French guns as is the depot at Chaulnes, where the Paris-Camb¥ai and Tergnierh-Amiens railroads ¥/guch an offensive will be a serlous menace to the Germans and likely to have the additional advantage of re- lieving pressure upon the British, against whom the Germans continue to direct the bulk of their forces. Verdun Bears Brunt. Verdun, the key to one of the fronts continues to play successful tho thankless role of holding and wasting the greatest concentration of the Ger man forces. While Gen. Foch's army {s making its attack on the Somme, fighting on the east bank of the Meuse has been revived with some- thing of its old fury. Tuesday the Germans succeeded in capturing the A*hiaumont work for the fourth time, Y (Continued On Eleventh Page). deputy comptroller, who is also clerk of the relief committee, was instructed to draw an order to meet the demands of rent, groceries and other urgent needs. While the committee at pres: ent is chiefly engaged in obtaining in- fcrmation regarding the needs of the 1familles of the soldiers, this was an emergency case and demanded im- mediate attention. YALE BATTERY OPEN Anyone May Enlist in College Corps As It Has Been Impossible to Fill It From Student Body. New Haven, July 5.—The ranks of the Yale Field Artillery battalion have been thrown open for enlistments to any one who can pass the qualifica- tions. This was announced at noon today following instructions re- ceived by Major Danford, command- er, that he must recruit his batter- ies to full strength at once. A last minute appeal has been sent out to Yale undergraduates at Plattsburgh a other military camps. The battalion will probably leave for Tobyhanna, Fridayv. At present all officers and men of the battalion are Yale graduates of undergraduates. BOUND AND ROBBED Up Woman of Fifty-five Held By Masked Man Who Took $60 From Her Stocking. Conn., July 5.—Mrs. ford Boyer, aged 55, who lives in F Broadway near Nettleton avenue, Myrtle Beach, today reported that last night while in her home an unknown man entered, tied her hands and feet with a clothes line, placed a pistol at her head, demanded money, and took $60 from her stocking | The pistol was discharged making flesh wound in the forehead from a cartridge wad. The cartridge was a blank. Mrs. Boyer's daughter re- turning from Bridgeport at 9 o'clock rescued her. Dr. Fischer called and found that his patient had been pounded as well tied. Her condi- * tion is not serious. Milford, Clif- st | WARWILLEND IN ALLIED VICTORY Bryce Speaks at Dinner Given fo American Official WILL NEVER BE “DRAW” Address of Viscount is Answer to Re- quest That Hostilities Ceasc—Gives Reasons for Their uance. London, July 5, 2:05 p. siding today at a luncheon m.—Pre- given by United States, Viscount Bryce said he had received an address sizned by | some Americans, a large proportion of whom had come from Germany, say- ing: “The war must end in a draw; why not make peace at once and save fur- | ther bloodshed. He would tell the guests of the day, Viscount Bryce continued, why neither the British nor the allies could follow that advice. He yielded to none in } love of peace but he declared *“W. cannot agree to any such peace as suggested either by these gentlemen or by the German government. Will Not Be a Draw. this war will be a ‘draw.’ The are going to win. We believe this not merely because our army in F | @riving back the Germans nor cause Russian troops have mads hril- lant advance nor the soldie France have been standing like a rock with magnificent valor against the fu- rious attacks made on Verdun. We believe the allies will prove stronger on land than the Germans. because the German government is not prepared for it on any terms we could accept. know they are going to be beaten but the German people do not know it ye A Mere Truce. peace made now on such the German governnient “Thirdly, terms a peace but mere mean for Europe constant disquiet, fresh alarms of war, more nrep: tions for war and further competition in prodigious armament. truce. Tt would great principle mankind, princ al to the future of ples which the costs be vindicated | ‘““We do not hate the German ple; we do not wish to break up Ger- | many nor destroy her national unity | nor inflict permanent injury upon her { What we do desire is to exer | an evil spirit and d is | threatens not only Europe but countries, America included.” In concluding Viscount Bryce said that Great Britain was fighting for the deliverance of Belgium and France and such changes in the east as will make it impossible for the Turkish al lies of Germany ‘“‘ever again to ms | sacre Christian subjects STROMBOLI ERUPTION Activity of Italian all Volcano Becomes | Serious—Relicf Ships Upon Scene— ! Farthquakes Menace Many Parts. Rome, July 4 Paris, m.—The eruption , via July 5, 2:35 a, of Strom- boli he The flow lava is spreading to the sparse coast settlements, burning and destroying houses, and the population is fleeing to the sea and taking refuge on lief ships sent from Messina Tele- phoric communication with Messina has been interrupted. There are many signs disturbances throughout become serious. Ttaly. day rth shocks occurred this morning at Ancona, Rimini, Belve- dere, Marettim and other Adriatic dis- tricts, bt no loss of life has been reported. SUNK IN COLL ‘ON. teamer, ing 31, is Saved. Crew of American Number- Dover, England, July 5, The American stearaer enhach was sunk today with an unidentified Dover. Her crew of [ rescued. 1:30 p. m. Jacob Luck- | in collision steamship off thirty-one w as The Jacob Queenstown, June cisco and sailed Scotland. She York Luckenbach 27 from July 2 vas owned awived at San Fran- for Leith, in New RUMANIA READY. Joined Alti ion wrties Said to Ha Entente Oppos P Forces—Eavor London, July 5, 12:06 p. m Contin- | { the Pilgrims to James M. Beck, for- | mer assistant attorney general of the | “In the first place, we do not think | allies | of | Secondly, peace cannot be made now | The German government may | would accept would be no permanent | “Lastly, because we are fighting for | Ger- | | man government outraged and which | | must at all peo- | credit the mili- | | tary caste which delightts in war and | of | re- | | the soldiers 13 | PARALYSIS SCOURGE SWEEPS NEW YORK Average of One Death an Hour Kept Up in Plague |SPREADING OVER COUNTRY? Authorities to Take Drastic Against Disease of Infants—Deaths in Newark—State Board of Health Gives Warning. New York, July 5.—The average of one death an hour was maintained in the five boroughs of New York city. demic New York, July 5.—During a twelve hour period there were 178 new cases | Of this number were in or seat of the epidemic In one reported. near the Brooklyn. pital today there were 225 children, vietims of the disease, many | whom, it was said, had slight chances of recovery. Health Commission Bmerson was in conference with his assistants and a corps of medical experts all morn- ing. Tt is understood that drastic meas- s to rid the city of the plague are consideration. Commissioner Emerson said today that he would see Mayor Mitchell | later in the day and discuss the ques- tion of a municipal loan to help fight the scourge. The health bureau was hesieged with people, mostly foreigners, who, | terrified by reports of the spread of | the diseas, demanded medical advice. Tr was necessary to Summon extra po- licemen to preserve order. ur under Major General Leonard Wood or- dered what is virtually a quarantine of Governor's Island because of the | epidemic. Warned in Connecticut. Hartford, July 5.—Dr. John T. Black, secretary of the state board of health, has sent to health officers and | | physicians of Cannecticut a warning | of the epidemic of infantile paraly It New York and the need for a sharp lookout for it in this state, | and that quarantine be established deemed necessary. Death in Newark, Newark, . J., July 5.—The epi- | demic of infantile paralysis reached Newark today. Gearge Whittemyer, 3 Years old, is dead. 'The boy's father, | an expressman, may have carried the disease to Newark through from Brooklyn. |I. W. W. MEMBERS HELD FOR MURDER Seven Men Result of Two Deaths in Sheriff’s Posse. Duluth, Minn., July 5.—Carlo Tres- | ca, F. H. Little and Joseph Gilday, ! members of the Industrial Worker of the World, and four striking miner are held at the St. Louis County jail today charged with murder, as the result of a fight between a sheriff’s posse and strikers in which two men were killed at Biwabik yesterday | John Paisich, former was arrested at Hibbing and held un- til released on bond. His arrest re- sulted from a statement in which he is alleged to have said: “T regret that a few more deputies were not in the battle between the strikers and the officers at Biwabik.” of seismic | The | heat has been intense for the past two | RED CRO: ROOMS. New Britain Branch Will Officially Open for Business Tomorrow. The New Britain Red Cross society home campaign for the a; on the border rooms will be opened tomorrow at No. 103 West Main street in connection with the Charity Organization head- quarters. The rooms will he open daily from 10 a. until 5 o’clock in the afternoon. The agent in charge will be pre- stance of | pared to furnish anyone with arficles | calling at be secured The on which to work and by the office these things can and taken home to work on. Red Cross will provide towe ages, blankets, socks. et for American soldiers. They will provide edibles. the also ¥ ngh GHTING IN CHI § i, July 5.—General Chun fighting his way along railway from Shiuchow toward Can- ton determined to enforce the demand of the residents of (‘anton that to Amsterdan, | Central News Jonescr, and Bucharest forwarded state that the former Minister M. IFilipe and leader joined forces together. Both of intervention mania on t « lies, despaiches by the parties of Talke of the Interior former Minisier of the conservatis md future will as s00. o in frankly in favor the war by the Entente : parties a in ide of rule Governor Lung Chi Kunags Kwang Tuki province shall be ended. WEATHER, Hartford and vicinity fair tonight and Thurs- Steps | today by the infantile paralysis epi- | in | Brooklyn hos- | of | He urged ! that every suspicious case be reported; it packages | Will Answer Charge As | mayor of Buhl, | Killed ; is now prepared to actively enter the | and their | m. to noon and from | band- | Li Tieh- | the | the | CARRANZA MOOD PEACEFUL MEDIATION IS SUGGESTED OBJECTS TO EXPEDITION [Answer to Query as to However---Admits U Will Make No Move Attitude Toward Pershing Column is Evad . S. Has Reason to Patrol Frontier---Mex to Aggravate Matters---Text of Note 'MOVEMENTS OF TROGPS | 'TOWARD AND ON BORDER Company M to Entrain— Mexican Forces Mov- ing Northward. El Paso, July 5.—While the Na- tional Guard organizations being mo- | bilized on the American side of the are being recruited, drilled and equipped to bring them to the highest possible point of efficien: ! the Mexican de facto government i | taking similar steps with volunteer troops, concentrated in some of the larger cities of northern Mexico, ac- cording to Mexican reports here today. Mexican military authorities are at- tempting to make the frontier con- centration of as much practical value as possible to the state soldiers. border Battery E to Pennsylvania. Camp Holcomb, Niantic, July The departure of Battery E of Bran- ford for the field artillery training grounds at Tobyhanna, Pa., was fixed for tomorrow afternoon by Major E. A. Shuttleowrth, , U. S. A, the camp commandant here today. The hour of entraining is not stated. Battery I¥ of Stamford is already on the way. Company M, First infantry of Win- ted, which started to hike to camp, will be entrained at Hartford today and will be here in the early evening. Major Moulton, medical officer in camp, inspected the company at | Farmington yesterday. He found the | company free of measles. The com- pany marched into Hartford today and there entrained. It will be taken into camp. This was pay day for men in camp. Those who have been rejected for ser- vice will get their money firt. Pri- vates get 50 cents a day, corporals 70 cents and sergeants $1.00. 5.— Mexicans on Train. Quincy, IIL, July Three Mexi- cans were found hiding on the tender of the first of three trains carrying the Fourth New Jersey Infant which passed through here today. The Mexicans were held until after the trains had left. New York, July 5.— The First Sig- nal corps, 170 strong, left Jersey City today for “somewhere in Texas.” Buffalo, N. Y., July 5.—The Seventy- fourth regiment, 1 strong, left here tods Mexicans Concentrate, Nogales, Arizon July 5.—Three | thousand Mexican troops were re- ported today to be concentrating at | Agua Zurca, ten miles south of | Nogales. In the state of Sonora, it was said, there were 37,000 armed Mexicans slowly maving northward. Brownsville, July —General Eu- genio Lopez, commanding the Second | Brigade of the Carranza forces in the state of Tamaulipas, arrived at Mata- moros, opposite here. Light weight unifarms to replace the heavy olive drab worn by many oi the state troops are being rushed here from eastern factories. DAYLIGHT BANK ROBBERY Tour Persons Shot by Robbers Who Obtain 100 in Haul—Onec M Die—Woman An Accomplice. St. Mary's, Kas., July 5.—Four per- one probably fat by robbers who escaped stolen $2,400 from the St. Mary's state bank tod The robbenrs an, witnesses said, street leading to the three men companions we: safe. sons were shot, after having were aided hy a wom- who guarded the bank whiie her | e rifling the REFORT ON FOOD. Washington, July A resolution \cas introduced in the house today by Representative More of Pennsylvania, calling on the secretary of war on how National mustered into the federal service have heen fed, equipped, armed and transported. Guardsmen SION. Governor lHol- he no in- calling special session of the zeneral assembly to take up the matter of aid to dependents of militiamen who are on border service. | NO SPECIAL fartfor said July today that had a comb tention of [ island. Latin-American County Suggested As Arbites De Facto Government | Endeavor to Estab) Order—Situation Is M Easier. BODY OF WOMAN IN MYSTERIOUS GAR | Six Men Held in Salem As Accessories to Illegal Prac- tice—All Were in Auto. ‘Washington, July 5.—The crisi tween the United States and M Salem, Mas July 5. ious movements of an automobile, which had sped up and down Boston street for half an hour early today, attracted the attention of policeman | Dennis Healey, who, stopping the car, | found within it the body of Miss Margaret Ward, of Peabody, and six | ‘The myster- | virtually came to an end today a friendly and conciliatory note the de facto government was hal to Secretary and pro: communicated to President Wilsq Formal statement of the attitu: the Washington Lansing government await the president’s action. men, including former state represen- | Secretary tative Charles R. O'Connell of Pea- body. The men were arrested and charged with being accessories to illegal med- | ical practice. There were, in addi- tion to the former representative, his brother, James O’Connell of Lynn; George A. Bardwell, a member of the |tlation, meets with quick symy crew of the United States cruiser | here. Kearsage; Daniel J. Dineen of | Mr. Lansing is known to share Salem, William D. Conlin, also of |ident Wilson,s desire that host Salem, and Thomas J. Sexton of Pea- |be avoided if there is any pog body, who had driven the car. way to safeguard American bordd The arrests were made in front of |terests without a clash with the the home of Police Sergeant C. A. R. |ranza government, high officials Duffeo who, upon being awakened, | much impressed by the co identified the dead woman as his sis- | change in tone shown in General tcl;—)l‘:lf;lenew] o O T ranza’s new note. ater went to Boston in an - | attempt to locate the house, said to Ample Forces on Bories be in the Roxbury district, from | With more than 150,000 reg which the young woman was sald to |and national guardsmen soon | have been removed. According to the |available for border patrol work] police, Miss Ward died after having |necessity for keeping Gen. Pers been placed in the machine. Later |columns any great distance bdg | Charles R. O’Connell, Bardwell and |the line has lessened, accordi Sexton were released under bonds of | many officials. Ample forces a $2,000 each. Medical Examiner | hand to control the situation, e Frank A. Atwood, after viewing the |the Mexican troops now assembl body, said he would make no state- | northern Mexico are unable im ment until he had an opportunity to |ately to guarantee protection consult with District Attorney Louis |raiders. C. Cox. Miss Ward was twenty-six vears old and had been employed re- cently in a Peabody store. INDIGNATION MEETING Residents of South End Aroused Over Lansing would mal He the impre that Carranza's suggd that there is no pending questiod tween the governments which cg be readily answered by friendly comment. gave however, Arredondo Comments. Elizeo Arredondo, sador designate, had this commell make: “The note speaks for Mexican a itself. thoroughly explanatory and sets exactly the situation with the States viewed by the Mexican g ment.” Copies of the note were sent b Arredondo to all embassies and tions in Washington, particular] the Latin-American diplomats have sought previously to arrang] mediation of the dispute. vbgkaj shrdlu emfwyp shrdl e The reply of the de facto gof ment of Mexico to demands o] United States conciliatory in term giving assurances of a desire to a friendly adjustment of the di ties between the two countries, delivered to the state departmen day by a Mexican embassy attad Brief and free from all super nguage of diplomacy, the co: ation points to the release of merican troopers captured at 2l as proof of the Mexican gd ment’s sincere desire to awoid fict; states as the outstanding the reasonable belief of the States that in security of its fry is a source of difficulty, and o] other hand the belief of the Mg government tnat the presenc American ootrps in Mexico is a pass on that country's sovd rights and the immediate cau trouble. Datin-Amerfcan Mediation, In offering to consider in a and practical way” the den which should be applied, 'the | zives notice that Mexico has ac in principle Latin-American offg mediation and awaits infor that the Unitea States is dispos accept mediation cr still {s of t lief that the same results may tained by direct negotiations. Assurances are given that tR facto government meanwhile employ every effort to avoid rence of incidents hich would plicate and aggravate the sit ] and the hope is expressed that] i Tnited States will endeavor to its military and civil authoriti likewise Evades Direct Response, his is the reply of Carranza demand of the United States statement of his intentions. A ic response to the guestion of W he stands upon the instructio General Trevino to attack Amdg troops moving other than mnort is evaded, and there is no ment the reprimand administered by tary Lansing in his note of Jui account of the offensive . in; and language contained iy Circus Showing on Shuttle Meadow Ave. Grounds—To Discuss Protest. Residents of Shuttle Meadow avenue and adjacent streets, are up in arms over the proposed holding of the “Buffalo Bill and 101 Ranch Wild West Show” on the circus grounds next Wednesday, and plan a meeting | this evening at the Bungalow when their views will be aired, and possibly some steps will be taken to prevent the exhibitlon. Unsanitary condi- tions and other acts bordering on vandalism, are given as the base for the protest against holding any fur- |, ther similar exhibitions on the| grounds. Rev. J. E. Klingherg one of those interested in the movement, was inter- viewed today, and he was unable to give out what would be the nature of the meeting, but stated that the past conditions have made it imperative for the property owners to take the step this evening. His property, the Children’s Home is close by the grounds, and is subject to very bad conditions whenever a circus or simi- lar exhibition leaves town. v SHACKLETON IN CHILE. Explorer in Most Southerly Town in World—Attempt at Relief. Punta Arenas, Chile, July 5.—Sir nest Shackleton, the Antarctic ex- plorer, arrived here today. southerl situated on the the port where has fitted | Punta Arenas, the most town in the world, Strait of Magellan, the Uruguay government out another relief expedition to res cue the main body of Lieut. Shackle- ton’s Antarctic party left on Elephant Shackleeton’s first attempt to reach Rlephant island on a vessel lent by Uruguay failed and on June 25, he returned to Port Stanley, IPalk- land islands. L 1] RS IN b July 3:05 information says Reuter's Rumanian capital, the Bul- h issued a de- internment of all of hostile powers tration of the property and industrial hostile na- ORD! London, to private Bucharest, ent in the gavian government cree ordering the subjects in Bul and the seque of commercial houses and other companies of tionalities. According recelved in | correspond- on tions (Continued On Eleventh Pagi